1979 All-SEC football team

The 1979 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Offensive selections

Receivers

• Preston Brown , Vanderbilt (AP-1, UPI)
• Cris Collinsworth , Florida (AP-1, UPI)
• Mardye McDole, Mississippi State (AP-2)

Tight ends

• Reggie Harper, Tennessee (AP-1)
• Felix Wilson, Kentucky (AP-2)

Tackles

• Jim Bunch , Alabama (AP-1, UPI)
• Matt Braswell, Georgia (AP-1, UPI)
• George Stephenson, Auburn (AP-2, UPI)
• Buddy Aydelette, Alabama (AP-2)
• Tim Irwin, Tennessee (AP-2)

Guards

• Mike Brock, Alabama (AP-1, UPI)
• Tim Kearns, Kentucky (AP-2)
• Alan Hartlein, Mississippi State (AP-2)

Centers

• Dwight Stephenson , Alabama (AP-1, UPI)
• Ray Donaldson, Georgia (AP-1 [as G])
• John Ed Bradley, LSU (AP-2)

Quarterbacks

• Steadman Shealy, Alabama (AP-1)
• Jimmy Streater, Tennessee (UPI)
• John Fourcade, Ole Miss (AP-2)

Running backs

• Joe Cribbs , Auburn (AP-1, UPI)
• James Brooks , Auburn (AP-1, UPI)
• Major Ogilvie, Alabama (AP-2, UPI)
• Frank Mordica, Vanderbilt (AP-2)
• Steve Whitman, Alabama (AP-2)

Defensive selections

Ends

• E. J. Junior , Alabama (AP-1, UPI)
• Lyman White, LSU (AP-1)
• John Adams, LSU (AP-2, UPI)
• Wayne Hamilton, Alabama (AP-2)

Tackles

• David Hannah, Alabama (AP-1, UPI)
• Frank Warren, Auburn (AP-1)
• Benjy Thibodeaux, LSU (UPI)
• Byron Braggs, Alabama (AP-2)
• Tyrone Keys, Mississippi State (AP-2)

Middle guards

• Richard Jaffe, Kentucky (AP-1, UPI)
• George Atiyeh, LSU (AP-2)

Linebackers

• Tom Boyd , Alabama (AP-1, UPI)
• Freddie Smith, Auburn (AP-1, UPI)
• Craig Puki, Tennessee (AP-2, UPI)
• David Little, Florida (AP-2)

Backs

• Scott Woerner , Georgia (AP-1, UPI)
• Roland James , Tennessee (AP-1, UPI)
• Don McNeal, Alabama (AP-1)
• Willie Teal, LSU (AP-1)
• Jim Bob Harris, Alabama (UPI)
• James McKinney, Auburn (AP-2)
• Chris Williams, LSU (AP-2)
• Kenny Johnson, Mississippi State (AP-2)
• Larry Carter, Kentucky (AP-2)
• Tommy Wilcox, Alabama (AP-2)

Special teams

Kicker

• Rex Robinson , Georgia (AP-1, UPI)
• Jorge Portela, Auburn (AP-2)

Punter

• Jim Miller , Ole Miss (AP-1, UPI)
• Jim Arnold, Vanderbilt (AP-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press ^{[1] [2]}

UPI = United Press International ^[3]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UPI

See also

• 1979 College Football All-America Team

References

1. "All-SEC Almost All 'Bama". The Evening Independent. December 3, 1979.
2. "Tide players, coaches honored by AP". The Tuscaloosa News. December 3, 1979.
3. "Alabama dominates All-SEC squad". Rome News-Tribune. November 27, 1979.